I think that by next year on realise we will see 4 -5 million sold in first week. So yes, with all the new install base by then we could see 15 million.

HALO REACH WILL SELL  14 - 20 MILLION...

UNLESS YOU  RAISE XBOX LIVE COST. IF YOU DO, I WILL BY A PS3.

My point is that a sequel to a successful game doesn't guarantee that it will outsell its predessor.  You'll find examples of both sides where a sequel outsells its predessor or a sequel selling less than its predessor.  It's not a cause and effect relationship.  In the end it's still dependant on the quality of the game.

Second, sometimes the bar is set so high that the sequel would almost have to be revolutionary to outsell the original.  A bigger install base does not automatically equal higher sales.  FFVII was the first FF out on the PS1.  In most circles it is considered the best FF game ever.  FFVIII and FFIX both were released afterwards to larger install base, yet sold less than FFVII.  While both were still very good games, there weren't quite as revolutionary as FFVII was, so as a result they didn't pull in as many gamers who were on the fence.  Not saying that Halo: Reach can't be a revolutionary game, but the fact is that it's still in development and so nobody knows what the quality of the end product will be.  And to speculate that it will sell more than Halo 3 simply because of a larger install base at the time of release is a bit presumptuous IMO.

FPS games don't sell 15 million.

The first HD game to reach those numbers will be a Nintendo game on their next console for sure, I doubt any HD game this gen could reach those numbers.

CGI-Quality said: ^^ Yeah, tell that to MW2 when it does.

MW2 may reach that number since it's multiplat, but I don't think it'll sell 15 million units on either the 360 or the PS3. 

CGI-Quality said: ^^ Yeah, tell that to MW2 when it does.

If MW2 had such amazing legs as MW we could judge by preorders of MW2 that it would sell 15m in two years on X360 alone easily. But it won't happen again and MW2 sales pattern will be similar to Halo games, 50% of litime sales in first 3-4 (or few weeks more) weeks and the rest in next two years.

PS. Shouldn't it be already next preorder chart for US on site ? I wonder how MW2 increased after Spec Ops was revealed.

That's a bit of a reach...

CGI-Quality said: donsterydo2 said: CGI-Quality said: ^^ Yeah, tell that to MW2 when it does.   If MW2 had such amazing legs as MW we could judge by preorders of MW2 that it would sell 15m in two years on X360 alone easily. But it won't happen again and MW2 sales pattern will be similar to Halo games, 50% of litime sales in first 3-4 (or few weeks more) weeks and the rest in next two years.   PS. Shouldn't it be already next preorder chart for US on site ? I wonder how MW2 increased after Spec Ops was revealed. I doubt MW2 would do 15mill on any single platform.

It won't, I just meant that if the sales pattern of MW2 was the same as MW and knowing that how many preorders already are, it would be huuuuge. But MW2 won't sell the way MW when few weeks after launch the game was selling at a very high percentage of the first week sales.

The quality of an Xbox is so bad. Had it been a car brand. Had it  been dead long time ago. Best games are now available to the other consoles. Which also has quality so you do not need to feel cheated after purchase.

LMFAOROFLOL i see what you did there

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